May 8, 2014, Invaluable and eBay announced a partnership: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2014/05/15/invaluable-ebay/ July...

In other words, bidders are placing bids on property (chattels) without the actual knowledge of where that property is? Certainly,...

They are typically made up of auctioneers with some sort of minimum years experience as such. These boards (or commissions) typically...

And I’ve studied the art and science of auctioneering for almost as many. A few things seem clear to me: we as auctioneers need sellers...

And sellers are right to ask what commission the auctioneer will charge for that service. Most of the time, a fixed percentage is...

Such a conversation the other day recounted an auctioneer’s assessment of his community, and the general disdain for this additional...

Selling an oil painting for $500 is wonderful if the seller is expecting $200 and not good at all if the seller is expecting $2,000. As a...

Basically, other than those buying and selling for a profit or business, some sort of change (and not always a pleasant change) is the...

She is also enrolled in night classes working towards her masters degree in finance. Her mother’s birthday is coming up and Ashley is...

He decides to have an online-only auction, utilizing a well-known online auction software provider. In the following days, he photographs...

His father and grandfather were both auctioneers for over 40 years; Shane has been managing the company for the last few. Shane had been...

In fact, in over 30 years in the auction business spanning across the United States, not one person has ever asked me:“Why enter an...

Dan Slater has written about the online dating environment — suggesting that online dating leads us to value our relationships less and...

Sometimes the subject involves some auctioneer doing something either unethical and/or illegal. For example, at an auctioneer convention...

Most recently, I’ve asked a particular question during these classes and sense virtually no consensus as to the answer. The issue regards...

Sometimes a particular writing really gets my attention; thanks to my friend Yvette VanDerBrink for saying it. Indeed, shouldn’t an...

Lots of questions about real property values. Here’s some common ways real property is analyzed from the standpoint of investors,...

In the landmark United States Supreme Court case Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905), the Court held that the “liberty of contract”...

Russ asked, essentially, if an auction could start without the auctioneer making it clear if that particular lot (property) is selling...

Our previous article noted that Bib could offer property absolute, and if no bid was made within a reasonable time, Bib could withdraw...